First off I can only speak about what I personally observed. I believe- based on what I observed- that there is a chance that due to inadequate training some meters were not installed properly. I do feel that Scotts Valley, Boulder Creek, Ben Lomond, Corralitos, to name a few should be informed enough to prepare for what could realistically turn into another San Bruno. (emphasis added)

SSM: Of course at the time of the explosion San Bruno was 100% installed with smart meters. Are you aware that PG&E and the CPUC have not yet responded to questions about what safety precautions they took while installing smart meters adjacent to gas lines? Seems like a fairly reasonable question given that the technology can generate sparks.

WW: It really doesn't surprise me that they haven't answered questions regarding the smart meters and San Bruno. When I asked one of my managers who was in charge of training "is it possible in your opinion that a fire could start from an arc from a meter located above a gas meter" (which always has some blow off gas emitting from it) he would not give me a direct answer! He avoided the question like the plague, quoting some plumber he knew and on and on, avoiding an answer. Could the San Bruno fire have been started by an arc from a meter? I'll let you decide. The definition of an electrical arc is: "a sustained luminous discharge of electricity across a gap in a circuit". The definition of ignition: the process or means (as an electric spark) of igniting a fuel mixture. Gas is a fuel. I'll leave it at that. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to put it all together.

I don't give a shit what you do with your own life, whether you make it a success or a failure, that is the outcome of the choices you make, but please take responsibility for yourself and don't make ME pay for YOUR choices and we're all good.

Definitely, I just received notice from NV Power that they will be installing those damn meters at my home in the not to distant future.

I'm a Libertarian Constitutionalist.

I don't give a shit what you do with your own life, whether you make it a success or a failure, that is the outcome of the choices you make, but please take responsibility for yourself and don't make ME pay for YOUR choices and we're all good.

My reearch lead me to the crime of murder commited against a cpuc advocate who has fought pg&e tooth and nail for us people. At the time of her murder she had just got the commission to side with the people on a proposal by the utilities to deny people service and or request payment for items on a full credit report even if not owed to that specific utility company. Currently utility companys can only do whats called a "limited credit analysis".

I find it interesting that your friend in mentioning towns in the Santa Cruz Mountains, that with the exception of Scotts Valley are semi-rural areas that do not have pipelines for natural gas. And it is only the "city" area of Scotts Valley that does have them. Almost everyone has individual propane tanks up there. And Santa Cruz County has not allowed smart meters to be installed yet.

I find it interesting that your friend in mentioning towns in the Santa Cruz Mountains, that with the exception of Scotts Valley are semi-rural areas that do not have pipelines for natural gas. And it is only the "city" area of Scotts Valley that does have them. Almost everyone has individual propane tanks up there. And Santa Cruz County has not allowed smart meters to be installed yet.

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I just mentioned this to my husband, who is reminding me that yes, the downtown areas probably do have pipelines, and probably coming up from Santa Cruz, but no one really knows for sure where they are because PG&E won't say. So maybe that is what your friend is talking about. But once you get out of the little downtown areas, the houses in the hills all have their own tanks.

My reearch lead me to the crime of murder commited against a cpuc advocate who has fought pg&e tooth and nail for us people. At the time of her murder she had just got the commission to side with the people on a proposal by the utilities to deny people service and or request payment for items on a full credit report even if not owed to that specific utility company. Currently utility companys can only do whats called a "limited credit analysis".

My reearch lead me to the crime of murder commited against a cpuc advocate who has fought pg&e tooth and nail for us people. At the time of her murder she had just got the commission to side with the people on a proposal by the utilities to deny people service and or request payment for items on a full credit report even if not owed to that specific utility company. Currently utility companys can only do whats called a "limited credit analysis".